Nancy Greene already carried it in Kamloops, where she’s the chancellor of the local university. She passed it to Mark Recchi.
The Ah-nold thing has me a bit confused, but he’s one among 12,000.
No, not all of them were.
“Zillion” isn’t a real number, either. Perhaps you noticed a pattern there.
[nitpick] It’s spelled Schwarzenegger. [/nitpick]
Schwitzanooger, Shvarzaneegga, Whatever. The important think is that he spelled Gretzky wrong.
This earns him a 100 Tim Bit pelting by coffee crazed truck drivers in Moose Jaw Sask.
Maybe he’s running away and using the torch as an excuse?
Maybe he heard they’re looking for a mediocre governor in Alaska, and figured, “Hey, it’s on the way…”
And signifcantly less likely considering that the opening ceremonies are going to be indoors.
I read an article that suggested Terry Fox’s mother should be the final torch bearer. That would work for me.
I predict that Terry Fox himself, not his mother, will light the torch - all through the miracle of CGI and holograms. Remember, you read it here first.
And, for non-Canadians, Terry Fox is a real hero, the true thing. Here is the relevant Wiki article.
Just cause everyone South of the border has more sense than to run around in the cold. 
And Schwarzenegger. And Costas. I must say I’m kind of shocked that a Canadian could misspell Gretzky.
Sorry, I was angry. I had it right initially, and then changed it.
I had Greene right initially too, but, again thought it looked wrong.
Costas, okay, silent-ish ‘s’, my bad.
And Schwarzenegger, who gives a rat’s ass if I spelled the prick’s name correctly?
I’m not a big sports nut so I misspelled some proper names.
Goddamn spelling nazi’s, try and stay on topic - hate for the Arnold! Sheesh!
Don’t you understand the harm you’re doing, though? Somewhere in Austria there’s a man named Arnold Schwarzenjammer wondering why this elbows person hates him so much.
That would work just fine for me, too.
So, how do I get over my hatred of the corruption of the Olympics and just enjoy the (almost) local show?
Also, I just wanted to say that one should not underestimate just how horrible a soaker is. I don’t know why the phrase “fill your boots” has come to be a good thing - when I was a kid, it was a decidedly bad thing.
Who is this Terry Fox fellow?
Lost a leg to cancer, undertook a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research**, died from cancer **after running 3,339 on an prosthetic leg.
ETA: correction, the cancer had spread to his lungs, he died the following year.
Thanks.
You now who invented the torch relay…
And wasn’t he an Austrian? Perhaps this Schvartzenbeggar guy is Hitler’s grandson, or something.
I remember vacationing on Minnesota’s north shore and my SO and I decided to drive up to Thunder Bay, ON for the day. We asked around about what we should see in their fine town and was directed to a statue of Terry Fox. (Which, incidentally, has a beautiful view of Lake Superior). The person told us the story about how this man planned to run from one side of Canada all the way to the other side, but stopped midway in Thunder Bay.
We thanked the man for that and got in the car and laughed that only Canada would celebrate an achievement that wasn’t even achieved.
Ya, what a great thing to laugh at! After all, because of Terry Fox, his foundation has only raised over 400 million dollars for cancer research
The story of Terry Fox’s determination has touched a lot of people, and has done a lot of good.
But laugh away.